REMEMBERING

May 12 birthdays

1820 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE British nurse

Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence serving as the manager and trainer of nurses in the Crimean War. In 1860, she established the world’s first secular nursing school.

1889 OTTO FRANK German businessman

The father of Anne Frank, Otto was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. He inherited Anne’s manuscripts after her death and arranged the publication of her diary in 1947.

1907 KATHARINE HEPBURN American actor

Hepburn won the first of four Best Actress Oscars in her third film, 1933’s Morning Glory. The others were for Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1968), The Lion in Winter (1969) and On Golden Pond (1982).

1918 JULIUS ROSENBERG American spy

Rosenberg – along with his wife Ethel – was the first US civilian to be executed for espionage in peacetime. He was convicted of supplying top-secret information about radar, sonar, jet propulsion, and engines to the Soviets.

1939 REG GASNIER Australian rugby league player

Gasnier played centre for the St George Dragons from 1959 until 1967 and represented Australia in a then record 36 Tests and three World Cup games.

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